Pena Chodron

Lama Tharchin Rinpoche teaches on the concise Daily Practice of Vajrasattva (Dorsem Gyun Khyer) by Kyabje Dudjom Rinpoche. Hosted by Bodhi House, Olympia, Washington. March 14, 2013.

© 2013 Lama Tharchin Rinpoche; produced 2021 Lama Tharchin Rinpoche Heritage Foundation

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Vajrasattva Daily Practice

Vajrasattva Daily Practice Teaching 2013

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During this intimate evening of inspirational stories shared at Open Secret Bookstore in San Rafael, California, in the Spring of 2010, Lama Tharchin Rinpoche relates the history of the Repkong yogi tradition founded by his ancestor, Palchen Namkha Jigme, a former hunter who discovered the true nature of samsara and sought a way out of its endless cycle, as well as stories of his own special upbringing in a ngakpa yogi family in Tibet. The Repkong ngakpas were famous and revered for both their not-so-ordinary ordinary accomplishments, as well as for their realization of supreme siddhis. Rinpoche, the tenth family lineage holder of the Repkong yogis, relates awe-inspiring stories of these powerful householder ngakpa practitioners, as well as his father’s influence on Rinpoche’s own spiritual development and maturation. 
Open Secret Bookstore, San Rafael, California, April 13, 2010.
© 2010 Lama Tharchin Rinpoche, 2019 Lama Tharchin Rinpoche Heritage Foundation
Photo: Zhitro Pujas at Repkong, Amdo, Tibet, August 2011

Repkong Ngakpas OS 2010-04-13

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